Podcast appearances and mentions of Quentin Tarantino

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This week, Naomi watches the 1997 crime classic for the FIRST TIME EVER.Pam Grier. Samuel L. Jackson. Robert De Niro. Bridget Fonda. Chris Tucker. And one very complicated plan involving a LOT of money. But...is Jackie Brown actually one of Tarantino's most underrated movies? Naomi's first reactions, the performances, the twists, the characters, Tarantino's style, and our Look Behind the Movie for some behind-the-scenes info! Plus, the best TV shows of this century, the latest Gen Z complaint, and we want to know what you think is on a plain cheeseburger!

George Santos has been called a liar, a fraud, a fabulist, a convicted felon—and, for a while there, a United States Congressman. Now he's at Club Random with Bill Maher, which feels about right! Santos talks about the lies that made him famous, finally admits the college and volleyball stories were complete BS, and explains how campaign finance crimes landed him in federal prison. He takes Bill inside life behind bars, including his time in solitary confinement. Bill, naturally, isn't letting him off that easily. The two battle over which parts of the George Santos story are actually true, whether he's learned anything, and why his explanations somehow keep creating more questions. They get into Trump, gay Republicans, cancel culture, political tribalism, the infamous drag photos, his family history, and what exactly comes next for George Santos. Bill has an idea: Hollywood. After all, he's already got the résumé for playing George Santos. Subscribe to the Club Random YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/clubrandompodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Watch episodes ad-free – subscribe to Bill Maher's Substack: https://billmaher.substack.com Subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you listen: ⁠https://bit.ly/ClubRandom Support our advertisers: Head to https://ZBiotics.com/RANDOM, code RANDOM for fifteen percent off your first order. For a limited time only our listeners get ten percent off your order with our exclusive link. Just head to https://hexclad.com/RANDOM Go to https://120Life.com and use my code RANDOM for 20% off. Try it risk-free for two weeks. Chapter. The only Medicare advisors that compare every plan out there: 984-217-3643 Buy Club Random Merch: https://clubrandom.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics. It's Maher in his familiar element: one-on-one vibes, unfiltered laughs, and the kind of freewheeling banter only he can deliver. ABOUT BILL MAHER Bill Maher was the host of “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central, ABC) from 1993-2002, and for the last 23 years on HBO's “Real Time,” Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 41 Emmy nominations. Maher won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series, “VICE.” In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, “Religulous.” Maher has written six bestsellers: “True Story,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits,” “When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden,” “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass", and most recently "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You". FOLLOW CLUB RANDOM https://www.clubrandom.com https://www.facebook.com/Club-Random-101776489118185 https://twitter.com/clubrandom_ https://www.instagram.com/clubrandompodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@clubrandompodcast FOLLOW BILL MAHER https://www.billmaher.com https://twitter.com/billmaher https://www.instagram.com/billmaher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

STAR WARS: EPISODE X Is Happening?! Jon Watts To Direct NEW Skywalker Trilogy! | Kristian Harloff Show Star Wars: Episode X is reportedly moving forward — and the Skywalker Saga isn't over! Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts is set to direct the first movie in a brand-new Star Wars trilogy, with Rey expected to return as Lucasfilm continues the story beyond The Rise of Skywalker. On today's Kristian Harloff Show, we break down this potentially massive development for the future of Star Wars. Is continuing the Skywalker Saga the right move? What happened to the previously discussed Rey/New Jedi Order movie? And is Jon Watts the filmmaker who can successfully launch the next era of Star Wars on the big screen? After directing Tom Holland's Spider-Man trilogy for Marvel Studios and Sony, Watts taking on Star Wars: Episode X would be a major move. But after the divisive response to the sequel trilogy, does Lucasfilm need Episode X — or should Star Wars finally leave the Skywalker Saga behind and focus on completely new characters and eras? We're also talking about the absolutely massive performance of Avengers: Endgame Encore. The re-release reportedly earned $86 million worldwide, including $26 million domestically and $60 million internationally. Seven years after Endgame originally hit theaters, audiences are still showing up for the Avengers. Does this prove Avengers: Doomsday could be even bigger than we're expecting? Speaking of Doomsday, the Russo Brothers are teasing a very different Thor. After the increasingly comedic direction of Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder, Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder is reportedly going to have a much more serious presence in Avengers: Doomsday. Is this the Thor MCU fans have been waiting to see again? And finally, John Cho is looking back at the Star Trek movie that almost happened with Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino's proposed R-rated Star Trek remains one of Hollywood's biggest "what if?" projects. Would his gangster-inspired take on Star Trek actually have worked? #StarWars #StarWarsEpisodeX #EpisodeX #Rey #JonWatts #SkywalkerSaga #Lucasfilm #AvengersEndgame #AvengersEndgameEncore #AvengersDoomsday #Thor #ChrisHemsworth #Marvel #MarvelStudios #MCU #StarTrek #QuentinTarantino #MovieNews #KristianHarloffShow Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/kristian! #squarepod Download the Kalshi app and use code KRISTIAN to get $20 when you trade $20. Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/76rlxe00 #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App's bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card.  Savings provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures.

This week on Movie Torture, Brad, Mark, and MTD take on Netflix's The Whisper Man—a movie featuring Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, and a surprise appearance from Batman himself, Michael Keaton.The guys break down the movie's painfully predictable mystery, try to figure out where Netflix keeps finding all this money, and wonder why Adam Scott basically disappears halfway through his own movie.But as usual, the movie is only half the conversation. Brad discovers MTD actually likes Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the guys go down a rabbit hole about dogs, Facebook Marketplace, Tarantino movies, and legacy sequels—and a brand-new Movie Torture segment is born: “Who Buys This Crap?”Plus, there's Michael Keaton, De Niro impressions, Netflix slander, and one VERY weird scene at the end that absolutely has to be discussed.We watch the bad movies so you don't have to.

Erik Childress & Peter Sobczynski are back on physical media duty this week featuring some of Peter's favorites and maybe some of his least favorites. Not going to tell you which. But it's a show filled with the work of Leos Carax plus bizarre musicals ranging from the life of Jesus to Steve Martin getting very serious very quickly. We've got Frank Sinatra, Bette Davis, Samuel L. Jackson and a pair of Robin Williams upgrades plus sets celebrating Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. There's a somewhat forgotten ‘80s pairing of Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger and a family fantasy with John Goodman. One of the better Tarantino-inspired films of the ‘90s gets the Arrow treatment as does one of the greatest sci-fi films ever. 3:48 - Criterion (Three Films By Leos Carax (4K)) 22:12 - Universal (Frankenstein Complete Legacy 4K, The Wolf Man Complete Legacy 4K) 27:22 - Warner Archive (Marked Woman, Pennies from Heaven) 47:06 - Ad Break 49:06 - Kino (Jesus Christ Superstar 4K, The Caveman's Valentine, Brit Noir Collection IV) 1:05:56 - Vinegar Syndrome (The First Deadly Sin (4K)) 1:15:02 - Alliance (Nadine, The Borrowers) 1:26:54 - Ad Break 1:28:54 - Disney (Dead Poets Society (4K), Mrs. Doubtfire (4K)) 1:46:22 - Arrow (Forbidden Planet (4K), Go (4K)) 2:10:25 - New TV and on Theatrical Titles Blu-ray (Happy's Place (Season Two), Law and Order: SVU—Season 27, Continental '25, My Sole Desire, Young Mothers, HoneyJoon, Idiotka, Shadow Force (4K)) 2:12:13 - New Blu-ray Announcements CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNG Be sure to check out Erik's Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes Critics' Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library. (Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.) Erik's Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere. The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts as well as in the Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts and Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Podpüree u.a. mit The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, X-Men ‘97 und Bibi Blocksberg

Deze week schuift Retro Donny aan bij Koos voor een bomvolle aflevering van Nerd Culture. De grote blikvanger is Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, dat volgens Koos eindelijk de verfilming is waar fans al jaren op wachten. Daarnaast bespreken we onder meer Star Wars: The Ninth Jedi, het nieuwe seizoen van South Park, The IT Crowd en duiken we in het grootste film-, serie- en gamenieuws van de week. Van een mogelijke Silent Hill-reboot en Gremlins 3 tot Darkwing Duck, The Last of Us, Lord of the Rings en Quentin Tarantino's nieuwe Cliff Booth-boek: er is weer meer dan genoeg om over te praten. Zach Cregger's Resident Evil Review Koos heeft Zach Cregger's Resident Evil in IMAX gezien en bespreekt waarom dit volgens hem een ijzersterke survivalhorrorfilm is. Cregger weet de spanning, sfeer en constante dreiging van de games uitstekend naar het grote doek te vertalen, met een sympathieke hoofdrolspeler, groteske monsters en verrassend veel humor zonder dat de horror aan kracht verliest. Tegelijkertijd plaatst Koos een belangrijke kanttekening: afgezien van een aantal knipogen en easter eggs heeft de film nauwelijks iets te maken met de bekende Resident Evil-wereld. Iconische personages, het T-virus, de klassieke zombies en de bestaande lore blijven grotendeels achterwege. Toch levert Cregger volgens hem een bloedspannende film af die je negentig minuten lang op het puntje van je stoel houdt. Het einde verdeelt de meningen, maar de reis ernaartoe maakt meer dan genoeg goed. Sinds deze week is Koos ook actief op Letterboxd, waar je zijn reviews en waarderingen kunt volgen. Star Wars: The Ninth Jedi Review Koos dook deze week in Star Wars: The Ninth Jedi, de eerste Star Wars: Visions-kortfilm die is uitgegroeid tot een volwaardig seizoen. Hij is al langer fan van de Visions-formule, waarin verschillende animatiestudio's hun eigen draai mogen geven aan het Star Wars-universum. Volgens Koos weten juist deze makers vaak de ziel van Star Wars beter te vangen dan veel van de live-action projecten: avontuurlijk, mysterieus, hoopvol en vol verwondering. The Ninth Jedi bouwt voort op die sterke basis en maakt een veelbelovende start, met interessante nieuwe personages, een frisse kijk op de Force en een verhaal dat smaakt naar meer. Als de rest van het seizoen dit niveau vasthoudt, heeft Star Wars er volgens Koos opnieuw een aanrader bij.Wil je adverteren bij de podcast Nerd Culture óf misschien bij een andere podcast van ILVY Network? Mail dan naar management@ilvy.com en/of kijk even op de website: https://ilvy.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who actually has the most power in Hollywood right now? Movie Mike breaks down the directors he thinks are running the movie business, from Christopher Nolan and Ryan Coogler to Greta Gerwig, Quentin Tarantino and more. We look at their biggest movies, what makes their style unique, and why some directors can get almost anything greenlit. Plus, which directors are on the verge of joining Hollywood’s elite? In the Movie Review, Mike talks about Resident Evil which is based on the video game, it’s about a medical courier who finds himself in a desperate fight for survival against bloodthirsty, mutated creatures. Mike shares if it’s the greatest video game movie adaptation of all-time, how it packs a punch in under 90 minutes and what he thought about director Zach Cregger's follow up to Weapons. In the Trailer Park, Mike talks about "Mr. Irrelevant" starring David Corenswet. It's the biopic about late NY Giants player John Tuggle. He answers the question of why we don’t get football movies much anymore? New Episodes Every Monday! Watch on YouTube: @MikeDeestro Follow Mike on TikTok: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on Instagram: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on Threads: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on X: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on Letterboxd: @mikedeestro Email: MovieMikeD@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry rediscovered its creative energy, and indie went mainstream without losing its edge.Between 1989 and 2004, all the old studios either merged with other media giants or were swallowed up by even bigger diversified behemoths, leading to an infusion of money and fast-tracking the digital revolution. Yet even as CGI and piles of cash fueled a new breed of blockbusters—Batman and Titanic, Toy Story and The Lord of the Rings—an indie ethos permeated the industry. And at the crossroads of commodification and aesthetic vision, auteurs ranging from Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino to Sofia Coppola and Ang Lee became household names.Power Surge: Conglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System's Last Hurrah with Thomas Schatz (U California Press, 2026) traces these trajectories, which increasingly clashed and commingled during the 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in nothing short of a new golden age—and perhaps the last gasp of the century-old studio system. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This Week In Startups is made possible by: https://lightfield.app/ http://getpaper.ai/twist https://conservationfund.org/ http://Plaud.ai/twist https://www.athena.com/jcal Today's show: An OpenAI agent breached Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June, and it took 84 days for the Frontier Lab to publicly acknowledge it. Jason and Lon dig into whether this is an important cautionary tale about alignment, or if PM Anthony Albanese looking to join the AI conversation. Then Bryant Chou of Ploy joins to explain skipping pre-seed and seed entirely to raise $27M, and why he's taking his time to build his all-in-one agentic solution for running businesses. Learn why Google is launching four TPUs into orbit for Project Suncatcher. PLUS, how many robots a week is Tesla now shipping with Optimus, and Jensen Huang told Ezra Klein basic math no longer matters. Is he right? Can we forget long division, at last? Guests: Bryant Chou on X: https://x.com/bryantchou PloyAI: https://ploy.ai/ Relevant Links: Ploy raises $27M seed led by First Round Capital and Y Combinator (Founderland) → https://www.founderland.ai/articles/webflow-co-founder-launches-ai-marketing-platform-with-27m-s-mqj8o952 OpenAI's $2M-in-tokens offer to every YC startup(TechCrunch via Yahoo) → https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/sam-altman-makes-mic-drop-212302858.html Original Bloomberg report on the a16z probe → https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/andreessen-horowitz-focus-of-doj-probe-over-board-directors Google: Project Suncatcher's first test launch on SpaceX's Transporter-18 → https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/ ABC News (Australia): full timeline, from the June 18 breach to OpenAI's Sept. 10 email → https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-24/ai-agent-accessed-australian-government-site-pm-says/107189078 Ando emerges from stealth with $20M to take on Slack (TechCrunch) → https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/24/ando-eyes-slack-as-it-builds-team-messaging-platform-for-humans-and-agents-to-work-together/ Google's $900M investment in SpaceX's $1B round, January 2015 (VentureBeat) → https://venturebeat.com/technology/google-confirms-it-put-900m-into-spacexs-1b-round Tesla ramps Optimus to several hundred robots a week; hands are the bottleneck (Electrek, summarizing The Information) → https://electrek.co/2026/09/25/tesla-optimus-production-ramp-hands-ai-generalization-problems/ Jensen Huang tells Ezra Klein forgetting basic math may not matter, and that he doesn't know his own address (Kotaku) → https://kotaku.com/nvidia-ceo-doesnt-care-that-kids-are-forgetting-basic-math-because-of-ai-i-actually-dont-know-my-address-2000737092 Sydney Sweeney's Novig "Just Sports" ad and the athlete backlash, including Amy Hunt's comment (Yahoo) → https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/sydney-sweeney-novig-ad-controversy-172900515.html Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years (Fortune) → https://fortune.com/2026/09/08/nike-stock-plummets-sp500-market-cap-index/ The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth trailer: David Fincher directs Tarantino's script; IMAX Nov. 25, Netflix Dec. 23 (Variety) → https://variety.com/2026/film/news/the-further-mis-adventures-cliff-booth-trailer-brad-pitt-1236701901/ Timestamps: 0:00 Whoop fire alarm: Jason's dry-aged steak incident 4:45 News: an OpenAI agent breached Australia's Medicare statistics portal 12:48 Scraper or hack? Australia's PM jumps into the AI safety debate 13:31 News: Google launches four TPUs into orbit for Project Suncatcher 18:27 Guest: Bryant Chou of PloyAI 20:07 AD: Paper is the legal backbone for thousands of startup founders and fund managers - including Launch. 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Thomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry rediscovered its creative energy, and indie went mainstream without losing its edge.Between 1989 and 2004, all the old studios either merged with other media giants or were swallowed up by even bigger diversified behemoths, leading to an infusion of money and fast-tracking the digital revolution. Yet even as CGI and piles of cash fueled a new breed of blockbusters—Batman and Titanic, Toy Story and The Lord of the Rings—an indie ethos permeated the industry. And at the crossroads of commodification and aesthetic vision, auteurs ranging from Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino to Sofia Coppola and Ang Lee became household names.Power Surge: Conglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System's Last Hurrah with Thomas Schatz (U California Press, 2026) traces these trajectories, which increasingly clashed and commingled during the 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in nothing short of a new golden age—and perhaps the last gasp of the century-old studio system. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this episode of the podcast Phillip is joined by friend, movie lover, and reviewer Kristin Battstella to discuss 1968's The Oblong Box. Phillip starts the episode by giving the general information about the movie with some trivia thrown in. It's then time for Listener' Opinions from Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Phillip and Kristin then discuss the movie, and it's a fun conversation. Then they answer the question of whether they noticed anything from this movie that Tarantino might have liked or used in a film. They then individually rate the movie. Phillip and Kristin then answer the question of whether they would buy this movie, rent it, or find it for free. Then it's time for Phil's Film Favorite of the Week; The Beatles: Get Back (2021). Kristin then gives her movie recommendation; Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) (1989). Then Phillip promotes next week's episode where he will be joined by film lover, friend, and host of The Cultworthy Podcast as well as co-host of Back 2 The Balcony Podcast to discuss 1978's The Driver. Thanks for listening.

Thomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry rediscovered its creative energy, and indie went mainstream without losing its edge.Between 1989 and 2004, all the old studios either merged with other media giants or were swallowed up by even bigger diversified behemoths, leading to an infusion of money and fast-tracking the digital revolution. Yet even as CGI and piles of cash fueled a new breed of blockbusters—Batman and Titanic, Toy Story and The Lord of the Rings—an indie ethos permeated the industry. And at the crossroads of commodification and aesthetic vision, auteurs ranging from Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino to Sofia Coppola and Ang Lee became household names.Power Surge: Conglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System's Last Hurrah with Thomas Schatz (U California Press, 2026) traces these trajectories, which increasingly clashed and commingled during the 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in nothing short of a new golden age—and perhaps the last gasp of the century-old studio system. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Thomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry rediscovered its creative energy, and indie went mainstream without losing its edge.Between 1989 and 2004, all the old studios either merged with other media giants or were swallowed up by even bigger diversified behemoths, leading to an infusion of money and fast-tracking the digital revolution. Yet even as CGI and piles of cash fueled a new breed of blockbusters—Batman and Titanic, Toy Story and The Lord of the Rings—an indie ethos permeated the industry. And at the crossroads of commodification and aesthetic vision, auteurs ranging from Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino to Sofia Coppola and Ang Lee became household names.Power Surge: Conglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System's Last Hurrah with Thomas Schatz (U California Press, 2026) traces these trajectories, which increasingly clashed and commingled during the 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in nothing short of a new golden age—and perhaps the last gasp of the century-old studio system. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Digger reactions are in, we talk about La Bola Negra's big win at TIFF, Mike 1 discusses the Paramount Settlement, and we review a fresh bunch of Oscar Trailers for Cliff Booth, Wildwood, Ray Gunn and You Can See Everything. AWARDS NEWS: . DIGGER 1st Reactions & Tom Cruise's Oscar Chances - 2:02 . La Bola Negra wins TIFF's People's Choice Award & the Best Picture Race - 17:18 . INDUSTRY NEWS - 28:55 The Paramount Settlement Details: Mike 1 answers questions on why certain details are favorable to Paramount, what leverage each side had in the negotiations and what the long term effects could be for the industry. TIFF: Reviewing The Reviewers Part II - 44:51 Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother starring Mahershala Ali - 45:31 River, a TIFF hit slasher acquisition by Blumhouse Universal - 47:25 The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd starring Amanda Seyfried - 50:12 Onwards and Sideways starring Laura Linney - 52:11 BOX OFFICE REPORT: Mike 1 is on a roll, predicts Resident Evil's Box Office exactly - 53:17 The rest of the Top 5, more Odyssey superlatives & sneaky big hits - 56:46 OSCAR TRAILERS: The Further Misadventures of Cliff Booth from Fincher, Tarantino & Brad Pitt - 1:00:28 Wildwood from Travis Knight & Laika - 1:04:39 Ray Gunn from Brad Bird & Netflix - 1:11:57 You Can See Everything from A24, Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim - 1:13:31 OUTRO: Make sure to check out our work on Tiktok, YouTube, Letterboxd, etc. Click this link to find us everywhere you are on social media or wherever you'd like to find your podcasts. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

What happens when Hollywood never comes knocking?Comedian, filmmaker, podcaster, and longtime Jimmy Kimmel collaborator Don Barris shares the unconventional journey that eventually led to the cult comedy Windy City Heat. After leaving Michigan for California, Don struggled through stand-up, lived in his car for extended periods, and spent years developing his own comedy projects rather than waiting for Hollywood to discover him. That persistence eventually connected him with Jimmy Kimmel and helped transform an unusual Comedy Store concept into one of the strangest cult comedies ever produced. Don also takes us behind the scenes of Windy City Heat, revealing how its elaborate real-life prank was constructed and why unpredictable reactions created filmmaking challenges unlike those of a traditional feature.Beyond the insanity of Windy City Heat, this conversation offers practical lessons for filmmakers and creators trying to build careers outside the traditional Hollywood system. Don discusses the importance of creating your own opportunities, developing long-term industry relationships, using podcasts and digital platforms to build an audience, and turning that audience into leverage for larger creative projects. From Jimmy Kimmel championing the movie to Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, and Jack Black discovering the film, Don's journey demonstrates how unconventional work can develop a life far beyond its original release—and why filmmakers shouldn't depend entirely on gatekeepers to determine whether their projects get made.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bulletproof-screenwriting-podcast--2881148/support.

When Derrick Benitz joined me for Episode No. 160 (3/26/25), we were talking about a bunch of cool stuff and he said something that prompted me to mention that I'd like to have him back one day for another conversation.Today is that day.Or...the other day was that day, and today the episode's dropping, but you catch my drift.Derrick's first appearance covered topics like street photography, his University of Missouri-Kansas City gig, John Mayer, Taylor Swift, Dr. Dre, The Wind & the Wave, and -- last but not least -- The Decemberists. For the unfamiliar, the latter is an indie-rock outfit out of Portland, Oregon. They've released nine records, and this is a conversation rooted very loosely in an analysis of their library.And by "very loosely," I mean very loosely.That's not all, though; Derrick and I inadvertently talked about the slow, organic process of creating something cool that doesn't have immediate impact on society. Perhaps it never does. We talked about it anyway. He's definitely doing a version of that with his art, and he was kind and genuine enough to suggest that I might be, too, with this thing.Even cooler: Derrick suggested we incorporate a needle-drop exercise in which we share our top-10 moments in film where a piece of music really struck us, and it was a ton of fun to do.Can't say enough nice things about Derrick without sounding like a creep, so I'll leave it at this: I'm definitely looking forward to having him back a third time for either some Quentin Tarantino-rooted shenanigans or whatever feels right at the time. Derrick's good people.Oh. That Decemberists catalog looks like this:Castaways and Cutouts (2002)Her Majesty the Decemberists (2003)Picaresque (2005)The Crane Wife (2006)The Hazards of Love (2009)The King Is Dead (2011)What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (2015)I'll Be Your Girl (2018)As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (2024)Many thanks to Derrick for the time, consideration, effort, energy, and great conversation, and thank you to all of you that support the show.copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the audio clips contained within this episode. They are snippets from a Smashing Pumpkins tune called, "Drown." You can find it on their Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits record from 2001, but it initially came out on Singles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) in 1992, c/o Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

Movie of the Year: 2006The Departed (feat Adam Kempenaar!)Inside The Departed Podcast EpisodeWelcome to The Departed podcast episode of Movie of the Year: 2006, where the Taste Buds take on Martin Scorsese's Boston crime epic. Ryan, Mike, and Greg welcome Filmspotting co-host Adam Kempenaar to the panel. Together, they dig into a film about cops, crooks, and the men who raise them. Moreover, the conversation covers fatherhood, gender, and the rough racial politics of Scorsese's South Boston. Additionally, the crew delivers a Career Retrospective on Leonardo DiCaprio, the jittery star at the film's center. Ultimately, the episode asks whether this Best Picture winner still earns its reputation twenty years later.New to the season? Start with our Movie of the Year 2006 intro episode, then catch up on the full 2006 bracket reveal.About the Film: The Departed (2006)The Departed opened in theaters on October 6, 2006. Martin Scorsese directed, and William Monahan wrote the screenplay. Specifically, Monahan adapted the 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs. The story follows two moles working on opposite sides of the law. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Billy Costigan, an undercover cop inside the Irish mob. Meanwhile, Matt Damon plays Colin Sullivan, a mob plant rising through the Massachusetts State Police. Jack Nicholson rules over both men as crime boss Frank Costello. Notably, the supporting cast includes Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, and Ray Winstone.The film became a major critical and commercial hit, earning more than $290 million worldwide. In addition, it won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Scorsese finally won Best Director after five earlier nominations. Thelma Schoonmaker also took home Best Film Editing. Roger Ebert gave the film four stars in his original RogerEbert.com review. For full cast and crew credits, visit The Departed on IMDb.Guest Panelist: Adam KempenaarAdam Kempenaar co-founded Filmspotting, one of the longest-running film podcasts in the medium. He launched the show in March 2005 with Sam Van Hallgren. Since 2012, he has co-hosted alongside Josh Larsen. Filmspotting has now passed 1,000 episodes and has also aired on WBEZ in Chicago. Furthermore, Kempenaar teaches at the University of Iowa, where his courses cover film criticism, sports and cinema, and podcasting. He is also a longtime member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. Additionally, he consults on marketing and content for the Chicago International Film Festival. For twenty years, he also led marketing and content for the Chicago Blackhawks. In 2025, he and Larsen celebrated two decades of the show with the first Filmspotting Fest in Chicago. Notably, Filmspotting was barely a year old when The Departed opened. That timing gives Adam a rare firsthand view of the 2006 film conversation. Find his reviews, Top 5 lists, and Sacred Cow episodes at filmspotting.net.Father Figures on The Departed PodcastFathers haunt every corner of The Departed. Costello grooms young Colin Sullivan from childhood, handing him groceries and shaping his loyalty. By contrast, Billy Costigan grows up with a dead father and a family split between Southie and the North Shore. Captain Queenan, played by Martin Sheen, becomes the steady parent Billy never had. Consequently, Queenan's death lands as the emotional turning point of the film. Meanwhile, Sullivan chases approval from every authority figure around him, from Costello to Ellerby. The film even closes on an open paternity question surrounding Madolyn's pregnancy.The panel digs into how Monahan's script treats the police and the mob as rival families. In practice, both institutions recruit sons, reward obedience, and punish betrayal. Above all, the Taste Buds and Adam ask which surrogate father does the most damage.Gender and Masculinity in The DepartedThe Departed is a crowded film about men performing toughness. Cops trade insults about each other's mothers, sexuality, and manhood. Costello, meanwhile, treats women as property and punchlines. Against that backdrop, Vera Farmiga's Madolyn stands nearly alone as a major female character. Interestingly, Monahan built her from two separate women in Infernal Affairs, one for each mole. As a result, she becomes the hinge between Billy and Colin.That choice raises real questions for the panel. Is Madolyn a fully realized character, or a device that links the two leads? Additionally, the crew considers how Sullivan's private failures mirror his fractured identity. The conversation also weighs whether Scorsese critiques this macho culture or simply enjoys it.Boston, Race, and Tribalism: The Departed 2006 Podcast DebateScorsese sets his story in South Boston, a neighborhood with a fraught racial history. Costello opens the film with a monologue about the Irish, the Italians, and Black Bostonians. Throughout the film, characters toss slurs as casually as they throw punches. Nevertheless, the panel debates what the film actually says about that bigotry.On one hand, the dialogue captures the tribal loyalties behind decades of city tension, including the 1970s busing crisis. On the other hand, some viewers argue the film treats ethnic insults as local color rather than subject. Furthermore, Costello's crew and the state police both run on in-group loyalty and suspicion of outsiders. Therefore, that tribalism powers the entire mole plot. The Taste Buds and Adam ask whether the film interrogates Boston's prejudices or leans on them for authenticity.Career Retrospective: Leonardo DiCaprioThis episode also features a Career Retrospective on Leonardo DiCaprio. The Departed marked his third collaboration with Scorsese, following Gangs of New York and The Aviator. Notably, 2006 was a banner year for him, and Blood Diamond earned him a Best Actor nomination that season. His early work stretches from This Boy's Life and What's Eating Gilbert Grape to Titanic. Later highlights include Catch Me If You Can, Inception, Django Unchained, and The Wolf of Wall Street.DiCaprio finally won the Best Actor Oscar for The Revenant. Since then, he has worked again with Quentin Tarantino, Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson. In total, he has made six feature films with Scorsese. The panel walks through the full filmography, from child actor to elder statesman. However, you will have to listen to hear how the Taste Buds and Adam rank his work.Why The Departed Still MattersThe Departed endures as the film that finally won Scorsese his Oscar. Moreover, it proved a Hollywood remake of a Hong Kong crime film could stand on its own. Its double-agent structure still echoes through crime thrillers and prestige television. Additionally, its performances remain endlessly quotable, especially Wahlberg's profane Sergeant Dignam. Alongside Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone, it helped define the Boston crime cycle of the 2000s. Ultimately, the film still sparks arguments about Scorsese's best work. Those arguments make it perfect bracket material for Movie of the Year: 2006.Related Episodes from Movie of the Year: 2006Movie of the Year 2006: Intro Part 1The Movies of 2006 Bracket Reveal2006 Mixtape Part IBrowse every Movie of the Year episodeFAQ: The Departed Podcast and FilmWhat is The Departed podcast episode about?This Movie of the Year: 2006 episode features the Taste Buds and guest Adam Kempenaar discussing Martin Scorsese's The Departed. Topics include father figures, gender, and the film's portrait of race in Boston. The episode also includes a Leonardo DiCaprio Career Retrospective.What is The Departed about?The Departed follows two moles in Boston. Billy Costigan goes undercover inside Frank Costello's Irish mob. Meanwhile, Colin Sullivan secretly works for Costello inside the Massachusetts State Police. Each man races to expose the other first.Who directed The Departed?Martin Scorsese directed The Departed. William Monahan wrote the screenplay, and the film won Scorsese his first Academy Award for Best Director.Is The Departed based on a true story?No, the plot comes from the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. However, Jack Nicholson's Frank Costello draws loose inspiration from real Boston gangster Whitey Bulger.Did The Departed win Best Picture?Yes. The Departed won Best Picture at the 79th Academy Awards. It also

Har Quentin Tarantino hittat ett kryphål till att göra fler filmer än de utlovade tio? Samir ger oss allt vi behöver veta om Nations League och Love Lyssarides live från Libanon. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Avsnittsbeskrivning:Grabbdag i Eftermiddag i P3. Love Lyssarides är med direkt från Libanon. Vi pratar om den sämsta filmen som någonsin gjorts. Norsken som hade ont i knät, skaffade sig en pall och fastnade med pungen. Samir Yosufi med en rykande färsk landslagsuppdatering, hur är läget med Lucas Bergvall? Vilka har sexigast gudstro? och vem levererar det starkaste bidraget till undergroundkulturen?Joakim Silverdal berättar mer om Quentin Tarantinos mytomspunna löfte om att endast göra tio filmer. Kommer han hålla sitt löfte? Vad vet vi om den kommande tionde filmen och topp tre filmmänniskor du inte vill hänga med.Programledare: Christopher Garplind & Hanna Hellquist

According to sources for The Hollywood Reporter, the forthcoming third season of Daredevil: Born Again will be the show's final season. The decision comes about two months after the show's third season wrapped filming. The move also comes as Marvel has quietly parted ways with showrunner Dario Scardapane, whose contract was up and was not renewed. The parting of ways is eyebrow-raising as it means that Scardapane is exiting the show in the middle of post-production. It has not been reported as to who will oversee the final stages of the show. The same article confirmed that Marvel has three to five live-action shows in development, and sources say it just greenlit a spy thriller referred to as the codename Zodiac. The most notable Marvel comics reference of Zodiac is tied to a criminal organization headed by a villain named Scorpio that featured villains themed to the constellations. In the comics, it was known for going head-to-head against SHIELD.According to industry insider Jeff Sneider, Mason Thames has been cast as Dick Grayson and Logan Kim has been cast as Jason Todd in the upcoming DC Studios animated film Dynamic Duo. Chris Pine has been offered the role of Batman. The animated film is yet another Batman Elseworlds project even though it will live under the DCU banner. Thames' name will be familiar as Hiccup in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon, and Kim played the character of Podcast in both Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Empire magazine has published several first look images at Greta Gerwig's upcoming adaptation of The Magician's Nephew from The Chronicles of Narnia. In the article, it is confirmed that Meryl Streep will voice Aslan, as well as that the film is inspired by rock operas of the 70s and 80s. The film comes to cinemas February 12, 2027, and will be streaming on Netflix beginning April 2, 2027. Paramount has reached a settlement with California and 11 other states, clearing a major legal hurdle for its roughly $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. As part of the deal, Paramount has agreed to produce at least 30 movies a year, invest another $1.5 billion in U.S. film production, and create a $47.5 million fund for workers affected by the merger. The deal still needs final court approval, but it essentially clears the path for Paramount and Warner Bros. to become one massive Hollywood company. After more than a decade of false starts, Paramount is finally closing in on making a sequel to its 2013 hit World War Z. Brad Pitt is set to return to star in the feature that also has Edward Berger, the filmmaker behind All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave, on board to direct. Zach Cregger's Resident Evil opened strong at the box office this weekend with a $108 million worldwide opening, $60 million of which was made domestically. This opening is not only a best for Cregger, but it is also a best for the Resident Evil franchise. Netflix has released a trailer for David Fincher's The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, in which Brad Pitt reprises his Oscar-winning role as the stuntman first introduced in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The film is set to premiere in Imax theaters on November 25, before hitting the streamer December 23.Alan Ritchson is in talks to star in Sony's adaptation of its PlayStation video game property, Helldivers. The move comes after Jason Momoa exited the project in early June and would be the first time the Reacher star headlines a theatrical studio feature. Actor John Leguizamo has been cast as a villain in Joseph Kosinski's upcoming Miami Vice '85, a film reboot of the 1980s TV show. The cast already includes Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler in starring roles. 

Message Dan and MikeDan finally crosses a massive blind spot off his list in this Classic Films Dan Hasn't Seen Yet deep dive: Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, seen here as The Whole Bloody Affair, the rare combined cut stitching Volumes One and Two into the single epic Tarantino always intended. We dig into why it took over two decades to get this version cleared for release, the rights battle that held it up, and the extended anime sequence and restored footage that separate it from the theatrical cuts.Mike breaks down the film's mountain of homages to 1970s kung fu and Japanese cinema, the casting history that almost gave us Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Kurt Russell, or Mickey Rourke as Bill (and why Kevin Costner turning it down worked out great for Open Range fans), and the wild behind-the-scenes trivia, including Uma Thurman's injured stunt double who hid it to avoid getting cut from the film, and the real sword-and-baseball stunt that wasn't a visual effect at all.We talk Robert Richardson's cinematography, the late Sally Menke's editing, the RZA and Robert Rodriguez score, and Sonny Chiba's legendary dual role. Dan and Mike also get into the writing itself, arguing Tarantino's screenwriting doesn't get enough credit next to his directing, and land on the same verdict: this is an epic on the level of The Godfather, and an absolute must-see.Plus, a shoutout to The Church of Tarantino podcast, and a first look at what's coming for Halloween Fest on the Oh Brother Podcast.Support the showOh Brother Podcast:Support the Show! (Be The First to Listen with Early Access)Listen on all podcast platformsSubscribe on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram

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TV critic Dan Fienberg from The Hollywood Reporter is back to recap the latest ridiculousness in the Big Brother house, break down this year’s Emmy Awards broadcast, and talk about the big winners and losers. They also get into the fun of revisiting old TV shows, inspired by Nick’s recent binge of All in the Family for the first time in years. Plus, Dan reviews the new HBO docuseries about Jay-Z and Neagley, Amazon’s new Reacher spinoff. Later, Esmeralda Leon and Nick discuss just how annoying Quentin Tarantino can be, compare the movies they know by heart, and get into some more Nerd Talk. They also start exploring fictional characters inspired by real people. Find out who Mr. Burns from The Simpsons is based on, and which very unexpected celebrity helped inspire the creation of Bugs Bunny. [Ep 493]

Full Episode 9-21-26 - In this episode, we discuss Ed Sheeran, Quentin Tarantino, rioting, arguing with people, eductating people, a lot of things.

Lisa Dent, checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories, including the return of the sci-fi show Battlestar Galactica, the spin-off to the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood receives its release date of November 25th, and a raccoon boot camp in Mississippi.

Dr. Daniel Amen joins Bill Maher to talk brains—what they reveal about us, how badly we may be treating them, and why psychiatry is the only medical field that rarely looks at the organ it's treating. Amen shares what he learned from treating Muhammad Ali and hundreds of NFL players, why he believes damaged brains can get better, and the everyday things we do that can either strengthen or shrink them. He and Bill go back and forth on marijuana, alcohol, meditation, Alzheimer's, and the eternal question: how healthy do you really want to be if it means giving up everything fun? They also get into what's happening to young people, from social media and pornography to anxiety and depression—and why learning not to believe every thought that pops into your head might be one of the most useful skills nobody teaches us. And somehow, by the end of it, Bill agrees to let Amen scan his brain. Now the question is: does he actually want to know what's in there? #billmaher #danielamen #clubrandom Subscribe to the Club Random YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/clubrandompodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Watch episodes ad-free – subscribe to Bill Maher's Substack: https://billmaher.substack.com Subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you listen: ⁠https://bit.ly/ClubRandom Support our Advertisers: Go to https://120Life.com and use my code [RANDOM] for 20% off. Try it risk-free for two weeks. Head to https://superpower.com/random for $50 off your membership. Get 150+ biomarkers tested every year plus a personalized health plan and on-demand care team. Detect early signs of 1,000+ conditions. #superpowerpod Visit https://hims.com/clubrandom to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. Buy Club Random Merch: https://clubrandom.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics. It's Maher in his familiar element: one-on-one vibes, unfiltered laughs, and the kind of freewheeling banter only he can deliver. ABOUT BILL MAHER Bill Maher was the host of “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central, ABC) from 1993-2002, and for the last 23 years on HBO's “Real Time,” Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 41 Emmy nominations. Maher won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series, “VICE.” In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, “Religulous.” Maher has written six bestsellers: “True Story,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits,” “When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden,” “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass", and most recently "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You". FOLLOW CLUB RANDOM https://www.clubrandom.com https://www.facebook.com/Club-Random-101776489118185 https://twitter.com/clubrandom_ https://www.instagram.com/clubrandompodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@clubrandompodcast FOLLOW BILL MAHER https://www.billmaher.com https://twitter.com/billmaher https://www.instagram.com/billmaher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You might imagine we'd get to this sooner than episode 47 of Heist Szn, but without further ado, it's Quentin Tarantino's feature-length debut, One of the finest heist films to never show the heist, a movie so low budget that Christ Penn is wearing his own jacket and Steve Buschemi his own trousers- It's Reservoir Dogs! ---- HANDS OFF LEBANON Here are some fundraisers to support collective rebuilding and survival efforts on the ground in Lebanon. -Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity.  https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-directly/ or donate in general https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-now/ -LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks. https://livelove.org/donate -Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people https://lebanesefoodbank.org/take-action/donate/ Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack. https://fundahope.com/en/campaigns/solar-powered-lebanon ----- FREE PALESTINE My friend Ahmed still needs to feed his family and afford medicine. Anything you can kick in would be hugely appreciated. https://chuffed.org/project/150817-please-help-ahmed-and-his-family-get-food-drink-and-medicine And these are some more general links you can support collective efforts with! -The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity -Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/ -Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848 ----- WEB DESIGN ALERT Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ Kill James Bond is hosted by November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com

A suburban housewife begins killing people who have wronged her family. Join us as we discuss the cereal that supports the military, why James was nervous on parent-teacher conference nights, and a theory about why Quentin Tarantino doesn't like Matthew Lillard. Then we find out if Serial Mom stands the Test of Time.

Welcome to the latest episode of our Ranking Tarantino Series, where each month we unveil The Church's official Top 5 rankings in a number of Tarantinoverse related categories. This month we will be ranking the Top 5 Opening Scenes from the Tarantinoverse. Joining me for this discussion are Thomas Hippler (The Fanacek Podcast) and Steve Smith (The Men of Action Podcast). So grab yourself a tasty burger, wrap your lips around a nice cold drink and enjoy the fucking show! Show Notes: Thomas Hippler: Listen to The Fanacek Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fanacek/id1637345105 The Fanacek Podcast on Podbean: ⁠https://fanacekpodcast.podbean.com/⁠ Follow The Fanacek Podcast on their Socials: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086655225035 X (Twitter) - @FanacekPodcast Steve Smith: The Men of Action: Follow the Show on our Socials: Facebook, Instagram & Threads - @menofactionpodcast / Bluesky: @TheCheekyBasterds Email: thecheekybasterdspodcast@gmail.com Dropping A Bruce: Follow the show on our socials: Facebook & Instagram - @DroppingABruce Email: DroppingABrucePod@gmail.com Become a member of The Church of Tarantino: Follow us on our Socials: Facebook / Instagram / Threads / Blue Sky & Letterboxd: @ChurchOfQTPod YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@thechurchoftarantino Email: ⁠TheChurchOfTarantino@gmail.com⁠ We're also on the Rabbit Hole Podcast Network: ⁠https://rabbitholepodcasts.com/the-church-of-tarantino/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this video and/or audio episode of the podcast Phillip is joined by friend, film lover, and the man who runs Cinema Force on YouTube and Instagram, Erik Clapp, to discuss 1971's Duck, You Sucker!. Phillip starts by reading the general information about the movie with some trivia sprinkled in. It's then time for Listener' Opinions from Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Then Phillip and Erik discuss this Sergio Leone classic. It's a great fun discussion. They then talk about whether they noticed anything from this movie that Tarantino might have liked or used in a film. Phillip and Erik then individually rate the movie. Then they answer the question of whether they would buy this movie, rent it, or find it for free. Phillip then gives his Phil's Film Favorite of the Week; Manhunter: The Final Cut (1986). Erik then gives his recommendation; Times Square (1980). It's then time for Phillip to talk about next week's episode when he will be joined by film lover, friend, and movie reviewer Kristin Battstella to discuss 1968's The Oblong Box. Thanks for watching and/or listening.

Get in, gang. We're going to Raccoon City. Sean is joined by Chris Ryan to discuss Zach Cregger's thrilling follow-up to his mega-successful ‘Weapons' with his video game adaptation ‘Resident Evil,' starring Austin Abrams. Before diving in, they react to a handful of movie news headlines, including Noah Baumbach leaving Netflix for Warner Bros. Clockwork, Quentin Tarantino publishing a new Cliff Booth novel, and John Leguizamo joining ‘Miami Vice ‘85'. Then, they giddily break down ‘Resident Evil' and gush over the countless reasons why the movie is absolutely incredible. Finally, they look into what the future holds for movie video game adaptations, and take a look at the history of horror-comedy genre mashups and talk through why it's so hard to pull off successfully. (0:00) We're coming to San Francisco! (0:36) Intro (2:02) Noah Baumbach leaves Netflix for Warner Bros. Clockwork (9:15) Quentin Tarantino is publishing a new Cliff Booth novel (11:04) What do strange rollouts for big movies mean for their box office potential? (14:27) ‘River' is the big acquisition out of TIFF (15:59) John Leguizamo joins 'Miami Vice ‘85' (18:49) ‘Resident Evil' (35:36) SPOILER WARNING (1:08:51) Box office expectations and what's next for Zach Cregger (1:17:57) The future of video game movie adaptations (1:30:49) A brief history of horror-comedy Host: Sean Fennessey Guest: Chris Ryan Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Talk to a State Farm agent today to learn how you can choose to bundle and save with the Personal Price Plan®. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there®. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A snowy, secluded Western with a top-notch cast, amazing dialogue, and gore galore? Sign us up! This week on Fright Mic, join Sam and Liz as they chat about exploding heads, a sassy Walton Goggins, and a whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie herself in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (2015).Want more screams and laughs? Join our Fright Club at http://patreon.com/frightmicpodcast and get access to tons more episodes, discussions, rankings, watch parties and more!Fright Mic is an independent horror podcast. We would love to have you join our Fright Fam by following us on all our socials!PATREONMERCHFacebookFRIGHT CLUBInstagramBlueskyTwitterTiktokDiscordSupport the show

For this 9-movie pack collection, I dive into some of Sam Jackson's cop action dramas & buddy movie romps:   How many of these have some expertly timed darkly comedic wit and genre homages?   Which of these are parodies that are WAY too silly for their own doing despite Jackson giving it his all?   How does Jackson handle the various serious, popcorn and campy movie tones while still doing throwbacks to his Tarantino era persona?     All that and a brief overview on the hysterical cable TV edit of one of his famously foul-mouthed one-liners!   FILMS REVIEWED: Loaded Weapon, Amos & Andrew, The Search for One-Eyed Jimmy, The Great White Hype, The Negotiator, Formula 51/The 51st State, The Man, Snakes on a Plane & Lakeview Terrace.   SONG USED: "Rise" by Craig Armstrong (from The Negotiator OST)   AUDIO CLIPS: Snakes on a Plane, The Man & Pulp Fiction

Send us Fan MailHollywood has run out of ideas.We've all heard it: sequels, remakes, reboots, franchises, adaptations, spin-offs and prequels. But what if we're asking the wrong question?In this episode of The Fixate & Binge Podcast, we tackle the increasingly common complaint that Hollywood has “run out of ideas” and ask whether originality itself may be overrated in cinema.Because here's the uncomfortable truth: how many truly original stories are there? Shakespeare didn't invent every story he told. George Lucas didn't invent the Hero's Journey. Quentin Tarantino has built an entire career by borrowing, remixing and reinterpreting the movies that came before him. Yet Shakespeare, Star Wars and Tarantino are hardly examples of uninspired filmmaking.So what actually makes something original?We explore the difference between novelty and originality, and why perspective, execution, combination and voice may matter far more than inventing a story nobody has ever told before.From Star Wars and Quentin Tarantino to contemporary films including HEEL / THE GOOD BOY, FUZE, ONSLAUGHT, BUDDY, HOPE and THE GENTLEMEN, we ask a deceptively simple question:Do filmmakers really need a new story—or do they need a new way of telling an old one?Because maybe originality isn't about whether every ingredient is new.Maybe it's about whether the recipe is.Thank you for listening! You can find and follow us with the links below!Read our Letterboxd reviews at:https://letterboxd.com/fixateandbinge/Follow us on Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/fixateandbingepodcast/?hl=msFollow us on TikTok at:https://www.tiktok.com/@fixateandbingepodcast

Legendary hitmaker David Foster joins Bill Maher on Club Random with the stories behind some of music's biggest hits—and a few well-kept secrets. Foster explains why even the greatest artists only bat “50 out of 1,000,” reveals how a fake rough mix helped turn Whitney Houston's “I Will Always Love You” into an iconic recording, and recounts the terrifying night he accidentally struck actor Ben Vereen while driving home from a session with Michael Bolton. Foster weighs in on Barbra Streisand's Guilty, puts The Beatles in a league of their own, and shares a hilarious story about trying hash as a teenager in Canada. He and Maher also tackle AI's growing influence on music, age-gap relationships, education, dream dinner guests, and whether Bill changed—or the Democratic Party did.During a lively round of rapid-fire questions about the Beatles versus the Stones and dream dinner guests, Foster and Maher tackle AI's growing influence on music, age-gap relationships, education, and whether Bill changed—or the Democratic Party did. Subscribe to the Club Random YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/clubrandompodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Watch episodes ad-free – subscribe to Bill Maher's Substack: https://billmaher.substack.com Subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you listen: ⁠https://bit.ly/ClubRandom Support our Advertisers: Find your next fall favorites at Quince. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers or go to Quince dot com slash RANDOM. Go to One Two Zero L-I-F-E dot com and use the code RANDOM to save twenty percent. Ready to have an AI that can tackle real work? Try Claude Cowork today on any paid plan at Claude.ai slash random. Dose: New customers can save 35% on your first month of subscription by going to dosedaily.co/RANDOM or entering RANDOM at checkout. Buy Club Random Merch: https://clubrandom.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics. It's Maher in his familiar element: one-on-one vibes, unfiltered laughs, and the kind of freewheeling banter only he can deliver. ABOUT BILL MAHER Bill Maher was the host of “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central, ABC) from 1993-2002, and for the last 23 years on HBO's “Real Time,” Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 41 Emmy nominations. Maher won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series, “VICE.” In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, “Religulous.” Maher has written six bestsellers: “True Story,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits,” “When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden,” “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass", and most recently "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You". FOLLOW CLUB RANDOM https://www.clubrandom.com https://www.facebook.com/Club-Random-101776489118185 https://twitter.com/clubrandom_ https://www.instagram.com/clubrandompodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@clubrandompodcast FOLLOW BILL MAHER https://www.billmaher.com https://twitter.com/billmaher https://www.instagram.com/billmaher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dans le deuxième épisode de ce nouveau format, je me penche sur la filmographie de Quentin Tarantino. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

This is a preview of a bonus episode! You can find the rest, along with our extensive backlog, on our reasonably-priced patreon! This week we're joined by comedian, entertainer, and magician Carisa Hendrix to discuss a movie packed to the gills with guys I love to see (one notable exception). Written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott, True Romance is a movie about two freaks finding each other and locking tf in. Check out Carisa anywhere on the internet. Watch the clips and buy tickets to her tour here! ---- HANDS OFF LEBANON Here are some fundraisers to support collective rebuilding and survival efforts on the ground in Lebanon. -Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity.  https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-directly/ or donate in general https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-now/ -LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks. https://livelove.org/donate -Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people https://lebanesefoodbank.org/take-action/donate/ Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack. https://fundahope.com/en/campaigns/solar-powered-lebanon ----- FREE PALESTINE My friend Ahmed still needs to feed his family and afford medicine. Anything you can kick in would be hugely appreciated. https://chuffed.org/project/150817-please-help-ahmed-and-his-family-get-food-drink-and-medicine And these are some more general links you can support collective efforts with! -The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity -Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/ -Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848 ----- WEB DESIGN ALERT Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ Kill James Bond is hosted by November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com  

Hour 4 (9.10) Three stories about consequences and one about a man who picked the wrong place to squat. We open by remembering two L.A. Kings scouts lost on 9/11, twenty-five years later. Then the billion-dollar lawsuit over the Boyle Heights warehouse fire, plus two Delta flights that lost cabin pressure in the same stretch. A Hollywood Hills home invasion victim whose story fell apart. And the City Council writing a check for the "no-cost" Olympics. 9:05 — 2 L.A. Kings Scouts Who Died on 9/11 Remembered 25 Years Later Garnet "Ace" Bailey, the Kings' director of pro scouting, and amateur scout Mark Bavis were aboard United Flight 175 out of Boston on September 11, 2001, headed to training camp. Bailey was 53. Bavis was 31. A quarter century later, the team still wears an "AM" sticker on the back of every helmet, and the Kings mascot carries Bailey's name. 9:20 — Billion-Dollar Blame Game & Delta's Bad Week Lineage Logistics is suing solar operator Altus Power and contractor Pearce Services for more than $1 billion, claiming they sparked the June 17 Boyle Heights warehouse fire that burned for over a week and left the neighborhood with foul air, rodents, and insects for months. The suit alleges roughly 200 faulty electrical connections were known about by May and the contractors re-energized the array anyway. Both companies deny it. Then: two separate Delta flights lost cabin pressure. On Flight 2311 out of LAX, the oxygen masks dropped and the 737 fell 27,000 feet in about ten minutes before diverting to Las Vegas. 9:35 — Wrong House, Wrong Night A man in Hollywood Hills West told police he was robbed and beaten during an overnight home invasion — five suspects, a gun, a stolen safe, and a getaway car. There was just one problem with his story. Police say he doesn't live there and wasn't house-sitting either. Investigators now believe the victim was a squatter, which means somebody picked the wrong house on the wrong night, twice over. It happened a day after a reported hot prowl at Quentin Tarantino's place. 9:50 — The "No-Cost" Olympics Starts Costing The City Council voted 8-3 to authorize $13.04 million in debt financing for 107 non-patrol LAPD vehicles for the 2028 Games — trucks, vans, mobile substations, hazmat rigs. A separate $30 million request for 300 patrol cars got pushed back for more review. Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez voted no and pointed out the obvious: L.A. was promised a no-cost Olympics, and the vehicle tab alone is headed north of $40 million. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 2 (9.10) The alarm bells are coming from inside the building this hour. We start with the Anthropic researcher who quit and warned that AI could kill us all by 2030 — and the company insider who agreed with him. Then a billion-dollar lawsuit over the Boyle Heights warehouse fire, plus two Delta flights that lost cabin pressure in the same stretch. A Hollywood Hills home invasion victim whose story didn't hold up. And the City Council writing a check for the "no-cost" Olympics. 7:05 — AI Doomsday From the Inside A 27-year-old researcher named Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic this week and posted the reason on X, where it's racked up more than 150 million views. His claim: the people building this technology privately believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade, and both Anthropic and OpenAI are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives." Then it got stranger — Anthropic's own head of alignment publicly agreed, putting the odds of AI wiping out humanity at greater than 10% in the next decade. 7:20 — Billion-Dollar Blame Game & Delta's Bad Week Lineage Logistics is suing solar operator Altus Power and contractor Pearce Services for more than $1 billion, claiming they sparked the June 17 Boyle Heights warehouse fire that burned for over a week and left the neighborhood with foul air, rodents, and insects for months. The suit alleges roughly 200 faulty electrical connections were known about by May and the contractors re-energized the array anyway. Both companies deny it. Then: two separate Delta flights lost cabin pressure. On Flight 2311 out of LAX, the oxygen masks dropped and the 737 fell 27,000 feet in about ten minutes before diverting to Las Vegas. 7:35 — Wrong House, Wrong Night A man in Hollywood Hills West told police he was robbed and beaten during an overnight home invasion — five suspects, a gun, a stolen safe, and a getaway car. There was just one problem with his story. Police say he doesn't live there and wasn't house-sitting either. Investigators now believe the victim was a squatter, which means somebody picked the wrong house on the wrong night, twice over. It happened a day after a reported hot prowl at Quentin Tarantino's place. 7:50 — The "No-Cost" Olympics Starts Costing The City Council voted 8-3 to authorize $13.04 million in debt financing for 107 non-patrol LAPD vehicles for the 2028 Games — trucks, vans, mobile substations, hazmat rigs. A separate $30 million request for 300 patrol cars got pushed back for more review. Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez voted no and pointed out the obvious: L.A. was promised a no-cost Olympics, and the vehicle tab alone is headed north of $40 million. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a text or a voicemailA weekend of camping intended to break a group of friends out of a recent funk, quickly turns into a weekend of bloodshed, as they are picked off one by one by the ghosts of podcast guests from their past. On Episode 734 of Trick or Treat Radio our feature film discussion is the 80s throwback slasher flick Deathwoods from directors Jake Kopronica and Deryk Wehrley! We also talk about the anatomy of a successful slasher, pay tribute to those we lost this week, and we react to trailers for the following films; Remain, Ithaqua, and Godzilla Minus Zero! So grab a copy of the Halloween video game, make sure to buy plenty of beer for everyone at the campfire, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Not like the other kids, Better Luck Than Chuck, horror gameshow, RIP Andy “Butcher” Williams, AEW, TMZ, Every Time I Die, Stephen Borden, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, The Undertaker, Owen Hart, WWE being scumbags, RIP Victor Miller the father of Jason Voorhees, Friday the 13th, Bob Clark, Black Christmas, Lanterns, Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Ralph Macchio, Rolf Macchio, Buttcrack, The Ghost Breaker, The Blob, Steve McQueen, Endangered Species, Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway, Stigmata, Stir of Echoes, Malevolence, Resident Evil Apocalypse, Black Sheep, Deadgirl, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Almost Human, A Low Budget Nightmare, Psycho Goreman, The House That Jack Built, Lords of Salem, Horror Planet, Doom Watch, Bummer, Laser Blast, The Hitchhiker, Crypt of the Vampire, All the Colors of the Dark, Torso, Sergio Martino, The Killer is Still Among Us, The Telltale Heart, The Hunchback of Notre Dome, Robert Wise, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Haunting, The House of Wax, Halloween sex mini game, David Gordon Green, Colin Mahan, M. Night Shyamalan, Dave Batista, Remain, Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook, Jake Gyllenhaal, The Last Airbender, Mike Flanagan, Daniel Radcliffe, Hammer Presents, Ithaqua, Godzilla Minus Zero, Miami Connection, King Ghidorah, Hope, NWR, Her Private Hell, Blade Runner meets Showgirls, Sophie Thatcher, Boogie Nights, Felissa Rose, Ice Nine Kills, David Byrne, Deathwoods, Jake Kopronica, Deryk Wehrley, Scott Conner, KateLynn E. Newberry, Interloper, Death Proof, Quentin Tarantino, Buffet Infinity, Donald Farmer, Jessa Flux, Nightshot, Motor City, Boots Riley, I Love Boosters, Alan Ritchson, RIP Andy Fish, Evil Corny, Patreon Takeover, Walker Texas Danger, and fat bottom shelves make the rocking world go ‘round.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

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Playgirl Interview: We got a Schizo Box in the mail with a nice surprise of an old Playgirl featuring an old Corey Feldman interview. Let's discussWhat Am I Here 4? Music Video: The new Corey Feldman music video heavily features your boys from Jim and Them.Italy Performance & Corey Feldman Vs. The World Bonus Scenes: We have some clips of Corey Feldman performaing badly in Italy, embarrassing himself on Twitter and of course some bonus scenes from Corey Feldman Vs. The World.COREY FELDMAN!, SHOW STOPPER!, LET'S JUST TALK!, DON CHEADLE!, BOOGIE NIGHTS!, JIM AND THEM IS POP CULTURE!, COREY FELDMAN SHOW!, BITTER SWEET!, FINAL SHOW OF FELDDOG SUMMER 2!, TOO FAR!, STALKING!, PUSHED THE LINE!, QUENTIN TARANTINO!, 22 NECKLACE!, DROPS.JIMANDTHEM.COM!, TIL THE END OF YOUR DAYS!, GRAVE!, NEW YEAR'S EVE!, HOODIES!, ANDY CAPP!, SCHIZO BOX!, PLAYGIRL!, COREY FELDMAN INTERVIEW!, BORDELLO OF BLOOD!, WOMEN!, THE HOBBIT!, WHAT AM I HERE 4?!, MUSIC VIDEO!, BIRTHDAY BASH!, CAMEO!, FEATURED!, BLURRED FACE!, PHIL THE ARTIST!, NATALIE!, EXODUS!, ROB!, COREY'S TWITTER!, BRAZIL!, PLAYLIST!, WITNESS PROTECTION!, DENIAL!, LIES!, COREY'S EU TOUR!, PATRICK AND FRIENDS!, SARDINIA!, ITALY!, TOM PETTY!, FREE FALLIN'!, FORGOT LYRICS!, ENERGY!, DANCE!, PUT THAT BIRD IN A CAGE!, GOONIES 2!, BEACH!, NIPPLES!, ISLAND VIBES!, COREY SUMMERWEEN!, ADRIEN AGE CHECK!, MARCIE!, COREY FELDMAN VS THE WORLD BONUS SCENES!, PHIL!, MANIAC!, GIRLS!, WIFE INCLUDED!, MOUNT!, COWGIRL!, WEAKEST LINK!, EVERYBODY!, PITBULL!, BANGER!, SMILES ON YOUR ACES!, LAURELS!, OBSCURE!You can find the videos from this episode at our Discord RIGHT HERE!

Bill Maher sits down with OnlyFans star Sophie Rain, who says she's made more than $100 million without ever appearing fully nude—and that she's still a virgin. Naturally, Bill has questions.Sophie breaks down how the business really works, what her fans think they're paying for, and why the fantasy of a personal connection can be worth so much money. They talk about dating when millions of men are watching, the team answering her messages, and the lines she won't cross, even for a bigger payday.Sophie also opens up about growing up with parents struggling with addiction, buying them a house, and wanting to use her fortune to rescue animals. Plus, why neither of them wants kids, what makes a great movie hero, and the question on which they strongly disagree: Team Edward or Team Jacob? Subscribe to the Club Random YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/clubrandompodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Watch episodes ad-free – subscribe to Bill Maher's Substack: https://billmaher.substack.com Subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you listen: ⁠https://bit.ly/ClubRandom Support our Advertisers: Try ZipRecruiter to post your job FOR FREE at http://ziprecruiter.com/RANDOM NOBL gives you real travel peace of mind — security, design, and convenience all in one. Head to https://NOBLTravel.com for 46% off your entire order!Get 15% off OneSkin with the code RANDOM at https://www.oneskin.co/RANDOM #oneskinpodRula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/RANDOM #rulapodDon't sleep on @ultrapouches. New customers get 15% Off with code RANDOM at https://takeultra.com! Buy Club Random Merch: https://clubrandom.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics. It's Maher in his familiar element: one-on-one vibes, unfiltered laughs, and the kind of freewheeling banter only he can deliver. ABOUT BILL MAHER Bill Maher was the host of “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central, ABC) from 1993-2002, and for the last 23 years on HBO's “Real Time,” Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 41 Emmy nominations. Maher won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series, “VICE.” In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, “Religulous.” Maher has written six bestsellers: “True Story,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits,” “When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden,” “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass", and most recently "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You". FOLLOW CLUB RANDOM https://www.clubrandom.com https://www.facebook.com/Club-Random-101776489118185 https://twitter.com/clubrandom_ https://www.instagram.com/clubrandompodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@clubrandompodcast FOLLOW BILL MAHER https://www.billmaher.com https://twitter.com/billmaher https://www.instagram.com/billmaher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 306- Big Brother’s Eye on Guns Also Available OnSearchable Podcast Transcript Gun Lawyer — Episode Transcript Page – 1 – of 15 Gun Lawyer — Episode 306 Transcript SUMMARY KEYWORDS Gun laws, Second Amendment, Ninth Circuit, California law, Surveillance, FFL, Self defense, Firearm storage, Heller decision, New Jersey, Guillotine, Weapon definition, Propaganda, CDC data, Gun training SPEAKERS Evan Nappen, Teddy Nappen, Speaker 2 Evan Nappen 00:18 I’m Evan Nappen. Teddy Nappen 00:20 and I’m Teddy Nappen. Evan Nappen 00:21 and welcome to Gun Lawyer. Teddy, welcome back, you new father, you. And I’m the new grandfather. Teddy Nappen 00:29 Yes, I know, and don’t worry, all is good. Just sleep is for the weak. Evan Nappen 00:34 Ah, right, exactly, exactly. Oh my! And how is beautiful, Aliyana, doing? That cute little peanut that she is. Teddy Nappen 00:45 Aliyana is doing quite well. She is. Evan Nappen 00:47 And your lovely wife? How is she? Teddy Nappen 00:50 She’s doing also well. It’s definitely one of those moments when you see your wife holding your newborn child. Definitely that kind of spark. Oh yeah, very special, Evan Nappen 01:01 Oh yeah, very special, special. Teddy Nappen 01:02 Yeah, but they’re both doing quite well, and I’m eternally blessed for that. Page – 2 – of 15 Evan Nappen 01:08 That’s right. And we got the baby to the range. She did great on her first shooting experience there. Teddy Nappen 01:15 I know we took out. Evan Nappen 01:17 She got her CCARE. She’s good. She took out a Charter Arms .22. The trick was the range officer allowed us to just put up balloons to make it easier. It worked. Evan Nappen 01:19 She took out a Charter Arms .22. The trick was the range officer allowed us to just put up balloons to make it easier, and it worked. Evan Nappen 01:28 It was good. It was good. We start them young in the Nappen family. You know, you have to give one day of birth, and then you’re at the range. Teddy Nappen 01:40 There’s two things. Evan Nappen 01:41 Training begins. Teddy Nappen 01:42 The two things Aliyana will grow up with having. Number one, I want to teach her to be a critical thinker, and number two, all I can show her for self-defense. Everything I can for her to be a critical thinker. Evan Nappen 01:56 That’s right. And you do that for all kids. It’s a way of not being a victim, not being a victim. Critical thinking and knowing how to defend yourself – two very important things. Well, I’ve got to tell you, the Ninth Circuit in California had a very interesting decision. The reason I want to discuss it is, I believe this decision may give us hints as to what may be coming in New Jersey and other places. As we see the power of the newly, relatively speaking, empowered Second Amendment crushing gun laws that are literally over a century old, the anti-Second Amendment crowd, the Second Amendment oppressors, are, of course, looking for avenues to oppress our rights, and they have to work within this new framework. This decision out of the Ninth Circuit, I find of great concern because of its potential to possibly be utilized as a mechanism and tactic for the anti-Second Amendment Left. And what happened in the Ninth Circuit is an Appellate Decision, after the trial court in the Ninth, and what it did was leave in place California’s 24/7 gun store surveillance law. Page – 3 – of 15 Evan Nappen 03:31 Now you may say, okay, well that’s just gun stores. Yes, but it’s very easy to expand this, and I’m going to show you why this should be of great concern. So, let’s take a look at what happened in the Ninth Circuit with California law, and then I’m going to discuss where I think the gun rights oppressors may see an opening for shenanigans. We’ve got to be prepared and recognize that this could be a potential area of penetration where they will probably strike and try to oppress us. So, California, requires licensed dealers to video record and audio record. By the way, interior video and audio, and retain all the recordings for at least one year. Now I’m getting this, by the way, from a great article in AmmoLand by one of our favorite authors, John Crump, and it’s called “Ninth Circuit Leaves California’s 24/7 Gun Store Surveillance Law in place”. (https://www.ammoland.com/2026/08/ninth-circuit-leaves-californias-24-7-gun-store-surveillance-law-in-place/?utm_source=Ammoland+Subscribers&utm_campaign=fb0c8bc3fc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6f6fac3eaa-fb0c8bc3fc-21268623) Evan Nappen 05:02 The article discusses how a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld California’s controversial gun store monitoring law by a two-to-one margin. Now, the case is Richards v. Newsom. No shock that the defendant is Governor Newsom. And what happened in this case was brick and mortar FFLs, two home-based FFLs, gun rights groups, including GOA, GOC, CRPA, and SAF, and individual patrons of the shop, were all plaintiffs in this action. They challenged California’s law, which was enacted in 2024, that requires every California FFL to operate a 24/7 digital video system that also records audio inside the premises. Cameras must cover entries and exits, display areas, points of sale, and clearly identify people, and run at least 15 frames per second. They have to store footage for one year. In addition, dealers must post a conspicuous warning that says, in all bold, THESE PREMISES ARE UNDER VIDEO AND AUDIO SURVEILLANCE. YOUR IMAGE AND CONVERSATIONS MAY BE RECORDED.” Evan Nappen 06:49 At the District Court level, the level below the Appellate level, the law was found constitutional, and the plaintiffs then appealed to the Appeal Court in the ninth, which came out with this decision. It was a three-judge panel, and it was Judge (Lucy H.) Koh, Judge (Ana) de Alba, which were both appointed by Biden, and a Trump appointee, Judge Kenneth Lee. In this case, one of the claims they made was that this violates the Fourth Amendment. That’s the constitutional protection against illegal search and seizure, and the panel rejected the claim, saying that the dealers’ recordings are not themselves a Government search. There is no physical intrusion by the State, citing another case of Jones, and no government acquisition of data, citing two other cases of Carpenter and Chatrie. Dealers are not transformed into state actors by merely being required to keep cameras. Wow, let that sink in. And, of course, the two Biden judges rejected Judge Lee’s inspection theory on three grounds. And that is that the law doesn’t authorize inspections, though there are other penal code provisions that do, and that even if it did, the statute is facially valid under New York versus Burger because it limits who may inspect and what may be inspected. Page – 4 – of 15 Evan Nappen 08:45 The plaintiffs also claim that the law violated the Fifth Amendment takings clause. The Court said no good to that one as well. The majority, again, the two Biden appointees, said it’s not a physical taking. Dealers own and install the equipment, and the Government doesn’t occupy the premises. hey claimed it’s not a regulatory taking. That dealers in this heavily-regulated industry have reduced investment-backed expectations, and the alleged compliance costs, by the way, of $17,000, without a before and after value comparison, do not suffice. And the character of the action is a “public-safety regulation, not a physical invasion”. he Court also rejected the First Amendment claims, where the judge held that overbreadth fails because the statute doesn’t punish or regulate speech. The anonymity claim failed because one, no one must identify themselves, even though cameras must be positioned to identify customers easily. And the Association claim fails because membership is not compulsory, and it shot it all down. hen the majority also declined to adopt the dissent, you know, the good guys’ dissent of the right to receive and exchange information. They rejected that theory, claiming the plaintiffs didn’t raise it, and cited other cases that involved actual prohibitions. So, this is incredible. The one dissenting Judge Lee would have also held that inspection scheme violates the Fourth Amendment as applied to FFLs. There’s no time or place limits. So, agents could theoretically enter home at any hour to check the system, and they left the audio and visual surveillance requirement in place. Evan Nappen 11:08 Now this is California, granted, and this is, of course, on dealers. However, what are the requirements, constitutionally speaking, when it comes to firearm storage, and we’ll argue regulation? You see, we have heard rumors and things have been printed that one of the things that New Jersey is going to pass, particularly in response to the finding of unconstitutionality of both the assault firearm ban and the magazine ban is something having to do with storage. Well, I’m thinking that it probably isn’t simply going to be focused on storage, but may in fact try to utilize a visual and audio surveillance requirement as well, and place that upon anybody that possesses so-called assault firearms magazines, maybe even all guns. Who knows how far they’ll take it? Evan Nappen 12:20 If we take a step back and we look at the Heller decision, in (District of Columbia v.) Heller, the Supreme Court ruled, of course, that requiring lawfully-owned firearms in a home to be kept unloaded and disassembled, or bound by a trigger lock is a violation of the Second Amendment. The Heller Court found that this storage requirement was unconstitutional because it rendered firearms inoperable and prevented individuals from using them for immediate self-defense in the home. Scalia, when he wrote the majority opinion, said the Second Amendment protects the right to keep a working firearm ready for core lawful purpose of self-defense. Now, of course, if it’s surveillance, surveillance does not stop you from keeping the gun ready for lawful purpose of self-defense. t’s simply a surveillance and “security requirement”. Evan Nappen 13:36 Further, the court in Heller noted that the ruling did not cast out on certain other traditional regulations, stating that laws regulating the storage of firearms to prevent accidents under specific or different regulatory contexts were not necessarily invalidated by Heller. Scalia, when he wrote the Heller decisions, suggested that the Court’s analysis did not “suggest the invalidity of laws regulating storage Page – 5 – of 15 of firearms to prevent accidents”. When he talked about that distinguishing feature. He was drawing a sharp legal line. The Court did not say that all storage laws are unconstitutional. Instead, it distinguished between complete baseline disabling of a gun versus conditional safety rules. And you know how the Second Amendment oppressors always try to exploit to the max anything they’re given in any way, and this is an opening that I expect they’re going to attempt to. Evan Nappen 15:01 Let’s take a further look and elaborate. So, for example, the absence of a self-defense exception. ow, the fundamental flaw in the District of Columbia storage law was that it was an absolute 24/7 mandate. Well, in terms of the DC code, a firearm had to be unloaded and bound by a trigger lock, even if an intruder was actively breaking into the home. Now, Heller struck that absolute mandate down, but what Heller preserved was storage regulations that maintain a flexibility enough to allow a person to access and use their weapon dynamically when facing an immediate threat. So, it might still be able to require lock boxes that can instantly be opened. Let’s say with a fingerprint or something like that. This may be a direction they’ll go. Evan Nappen 16:11 There’s a distinguishing between immediate control and unattended storage. The lower courts heavily relied upon in the Heller quote to uphold secure storage and child access prevention, and New Jersey in fact has a law that says you can’t allow a minor to access a loaded firearm. But the crucial legal distinction is whether the gun is currently in use or whether it’s sitting unattended. One of the distinctions is the on-person distinction. In challenges that followed Heller, courts ruled that laws requiring guns to be locked up only when not under direct personal control of the owner are constitutional. So, they’re going to be exploiting that. f you’re awake and carrying a firearm or have it on your nightstand while home, that’s within your immediate control. But if you leave the house, if you well, if you leave the house and you go to sleep, and the children are present. The state has a valid interest in regulating the unattended storage to prevent an accidental discharge or theft. Teddy Nappen 17:30 So, my question would be, when it comes to, if they were trying to regulate, let’s say they force everyone to have, okay, you need to have X amount of storage. You need to have a safe in requiring of that. Could there be you’re putting the undue burden of saying, well, now you’re adding essentially a poll tax to a right? Evan Nappen 17:50 That may be one of the arguments about that. I’m not sure how that’ll play out. It’s interesting. Well, and the third thing to keep in mind in Scalia’s reference to “different regulatory contexts”, it means that certain storage laws can be tailored to high-risk environments and specific populations, and they’re historically and legally permissible. So, for example, commercial and public contexts, the Government can mandate strict storage requirements for commercial gun dealers, and California has completely exploited that. You know, usually to prevent like smash and grab robberies or public housing, military barracks, government workplaces, stuff like that. Then there’s preventing vulnerable access. And that’s laws specifically punishing gun owners if a child or legally prohibited person, like a convicted felon, can Page – 6 – of 15 gain access to an unsecured firearm and causes harm are widely considered valid under Heller. So, these do not ban self-defense. They penalize essentially negligence. Evan Nappen 19:04 This is the playing field that we’re going to see the antis try to exploit. And now you can combine that with possibly requiring 24/7 surveillance to the degree that it could be applied to an individual, even in their home. Because remember you had home-based dealers as well that were part of this that were trying to raise these claims. Now, granted, this is the Ninth Circuit’s view of it. New Jersey, frankly, has often taken a strong view when it comes to Fourth Amendment protections. But who knows whether their desire to have Second Amendment oppression will overcome their desire to have Fourth Amendment protection? We’ve got to be aware of this. Teddy Nappen 19:56 I would take it a step further, Dad. Now say, you need to have an AI program required for your camera, and now that AI can calculate and determine firearms, where they’re going, who has them, how many you have, and no longer need it. We’re always worried about Universal Background Check as the way of the national registration. Imagine an AI in every home, and it determines each firearm. There’s your national registration, and now they have their list to come collect them. Evan Nappen 20:26 And then it could be viewed at any time. You could see these things happen. I mean, it’s just outrageous the implications. This is very scary stuff when you combine the potential of a surveillance requirement and mandating alarm systems in a home. Cameras, audio, lighting-all these different things. To what degree can the Government extend its power in the name of public safety? Given what is apparently allowed and disallowed by way of Heller and subsequent courts’ rulings and determinations over those things. So, I see this as a new battlefield, a new front that we’re most likely going to have to be very much vigilant about and wary. I also can see this type of California law, at a minimum, applying to New Jersey dealers. At a minimum imposing and trying to create because New Jersey often follows California for their extreme gun rights oppression, and California often follows New Jersey for what they do. They work often hand in hand, and its extension to citizens is something we need to be very concerned about. Hey, Teddy. What do you have of interest in Press Checks? You had mentioned something that I thought was kind of fascinating, and it reminded me of the French Revolution. What is that you need to tell us about this? Teddy Nappen 22:24 As you know, Press Checks are always free, and this comes from the Capitol Police as they had to arrest. Evan Nappen 22:26 The Capitol in Washington D.C. Page – 7 – of 15 Teddy Nappen 22:34 Yeah. United States Capitol Police seized a guillotine, shot a man, and arrested him for carrying a dangerous weapon, for being in possession of a guillotine. (https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/uscp-arrests-driver-guillotine-truckbed) Evan Nappen 22:48 Oh, a guillotine. How did he possess it? Teddy Nappen 22:51 In the back of his pickup truck. Evan Nappen 22:53 So, he’s driving around with the guillotine on the back of his pickup truck. Was he going to use it in a theatrical play or movie, or was he going to use it to make political speech, or did he actually want to start chopping heads? Teddy Nappen 23:09 There was no clarification, but he was just pulled over. There was this giant guillotine on the back of the truck. Evan Nappen 23:16 Could have been a Halloween display in advance. I mean, I don’t know. Well, you know, it’s an interesting kind of weird to say a guillotine is a weapon unless it’s being utilized as a weapon. I mean, what do, you know? What are you gonna say to somebody? You know, give me your wallet, or I’m gonna cut off your head. I mean, what? I don’t really see how. It’s not like it fires a projectile. It’s not like it’s easily carried in one’s pocket. How is it gonna qualify as a weapon unless it is somehow intentionally used as a weapon? Teddy Nappen 23:55 Here’s the problem, though, for the law. From what I was able to pull on DC. They have to prove that he’s able to carry the guillotine in order to charge him with that. Evan Nappen 24:09 Well, I guess it’s a vehicle-mounted weapon. I don’t know. But it’s not a weapon. It’s not firing anything. It’s not projecting anything. It’s harmless unless you actually get somebody to stick their head in it. Other than that, you know, it’s as much a weapon as somebody’s shoe is a weapon. You could take off your shoe and start beating somebody in the head. Now your shoe is a weapon, right? Otherwise, shoes just aren’t weapons. I don’t necessarily see how. If I was handling that case, I would immediately bring a motion that this doesn’t qualify as a weapon. Now, I don’t practice in D.C. So, I don’t know how broad their description of weapons are. But if we were to look at New Jersey, the best they could claim is that it falls under the “other weapons” section of N.J.S. 2C:39-5d. But even with that, the definition of weapon under New Jersey, I don’t even think it’s fitting it unless there’s some allegation that fits it under NJ’s definition of weapon and meets all the elements of it. Page – 8 – of 15 Teddy Nappen 25:33 I want to go a step further and just have someone drive a truck with like an electric chair on the back. Then have another one where he’s driving with the car, and it has the torture device that was used to stretch people. I’m just curious to like what does the extent of where do they can where do the line drawn is it just because it has a blade? Evan Nappen 26:03 Well, here’s where it gets odd, and it’s an interesting thing. Because New Jersey’s definition of weapon, which you’ll find under N.J.S. 2C:39-1r. says that a weapon means anything readily capable of lethal use or inflicting serious bodily injury. However, there are so many things out there. I mean, a kitchen knife, a chainsaw, a hammer, a golf club. I mean, it never ends because anything is readily capable of it. But you still have to fit into New Jersey’s other weapons. Because even before we go there, the term “weapon” under New Jersey law includes, but is not limited to firearms, even though not loaded or lacking a clip. They say a clip. Can you imagine this? I mean, magazine, but okay, or other component to render them immediately operable. Components which can be readily assembled into a weapon. I always hate a definition that tries to define it by using the term itself. That’s frickin’ useless. And then Teddy Nappen 27:30 Definition. Evan Nappen 27:30 And then, gravity knives, switchblade knives, daggers, dirks, stilettos, or other dangerous knives, billies, blackjacks, bludgeons, metal knuckles, sandclubs, slingshots, cesti, or similar leather bands studded with metal filings or razor blades embedded in wood. Well, that sure gives you a lot of great ideas. At least I give it credit there. But anyway, and stun guns or any weapon or other device which projects, releases, or emits tear gas or other substance intended to produce temporary physical comfort, discomfort, or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispensed into the air. But if you notice, all these things that they’re putting in this category of weapons require a person to use them in a way that an individual would be targeted for being struck or hit or cut. Evan Nappen 28:37 Whereas, a guillotine would require the person themselves putting their head into the guillotine, or being forced to put their head in a guillotine, and that seems like a bit of a challenge to still fit it under the definition of weapon. But even if it did fit under, just for argument’s sake, of being arguably a weapon because it’s capable of that lethal use, you’d have to say. But the definition of weapon isn’t the prohibition in New Jersey law. The prohibition for weapon you’ll find in the weapons prohibition statute, which is the 2C:39-5d. “Other weapons”. And 2C:39-5d. says other weapons. Any person who knowingly has in his possession any other weapon under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for such lawful uses as it may have is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. It’s felony level offense, and it carries a year and a half max in State Prison. Evan Nappen 30:02 So, what would be circumstances not manifestly appropriate for such lawful uses as it may have? f you’re riding around with the guillotine, let’s say, for political speech purposes, which could be legit, or Page – 9 – of 15 you’re transporting it for making a movie, let’s say, or using it in a play or in a magic show. Okay, because there are magician guillotines. I personally have one called the Arm Chopper, where you do a whole routine where you get a volunteer, and you chop carrots with it. Then you put their arm in it, and it’s a whole fun thing. Of course, it doesn’t chop the person’s arm; it magically does not, and everything’s fine. en there’s another one. A guillotine version, magician, where when you chop it, it’s rigged so that the arm looks like it’s falling into the bag below, but of course it isn’t. Yet you can still lock it in place to cut carrots and demonstrate its effectiveness before you do the trick, you know. But there’s a legitimate, lawful purpose – a magician’s prop. Maybe you are into it for decorative purposes, for craftsmanship purposes. I mean. Teddy Nappen 30:03 You’re trying out a new thing. Teddy Nappen 30:03 You’re trying out a new Gallagher routine with watermelons. Evan Nappen 30:03 I don’t know, but this is intriguing to say the least. I’ve done a lot in almost 40 years of practicing this area of law, but I will have to say that I’ve yet to have anybody charged with possession of a guillotine as a weapon. But I’m ready to defend it; should it be necessary. But there you go. That’s a crazy, interesting story, Teddy. Thanks. Evan Nappen 30:03 Hey, I want to talk about our good friends at WeShoot. WeShoot is a range in Lakewood, New Jersey. That is a range where Teddy and I both shoot, and my family shoots, and my brother shoots. We love it. WeShoot is an awesome resource right there in Central Jersey, easily accessible right off the Parkway. You’ll love it at WeShoot. If you haven’t checked out WeShoot, you really need to. It is a great place, a special place. They have a fantastic state-of-the-art range, a great pro shop with awesome toys, and they can set you up whether you’re a beginner or advanced shooter. They can get you the right equipment, the right gear, the best ammo, best guns, right there at WeShoot, and the best people. They will help you and guide you so that you make the right choices for what your needs are. You need to go to WeShoot, try it out. You’ll see what I’m saying. Evan Nappen 30:03 You can check WeShoot out at weshootusa.com. They have a great website, beautiful photography. They pride themselves on their great photography. They have all kinds of great courses, not just courses, so you can get your CCARE and other certifications that you may need, and other courses for getting permits from even other states, but advanced training and other types of fun shoots and very Important advanced training, and if you are brand new, they can start you off right by learning the basics and beginning with proper instructions so that you don’t become a GOFU. It’s very important training and having a place to shoot. It’s critical in New Jersey, and WeShoot can give it all to you. So check out WeShoot at weshootusa.com. Page – 10 – of 15 Evan Nappen 30:03 Let me also shamelessly promote my book New Jersey Gun Law, the Bible of New Jersey Gun Law, used by, well, everybody that needs a gun law book. They’re using it, and you need to have one so that you don’t become a GOFU. I’ve taken great pains to explain the insane matrix called New Jersey gun law. It’s done in only five over 500 pages, but don’t let that intimidate you. It’s 120 topics all broken down in question and answer, so that you can even you can get an understanding of New Jersey’s insanity and so that you can protect yourself and stay legal. Go to evannappen.com, evannappen.com, and get your copy today. Evan Nappen 30:32 And, of course, we’re all very excited about the Federal Relief From Disabilities Program being reinvigorated by the Trump administration and the DOJ. It’s been 33 years since I’ve been able to help people regain their Second Amendment rights that may have federal disqualifiers. If you’d like to get a free evaluation of whether you qualify and what it can do for you, and what you need to know as its interplay with other states and Jersey law, and to see what it can do for you, go to evannappen.com, and you can fill out our little contact form there for getting federal relief. And if you need state relief, we do rights restoration, including New Jersey expungements, and getting rid of other disqualifiers that may be in your past, whether it’s old restraining orders or other things that create bars to the exercise of your Second Amendment rights. Go to evannappen.com and learn about those things. And feel free to get in contact with me. I’ll be happy to speak with you, or someone from my team will be happy to help you with your issues. And let me also mention that Teddy has other Press Checks. I’m sure. What else do you have? Teddy Nappen 36:34 This is the famous double Press Checks. I could not pass this one up. When I saw this article, I was shocked, and then reminded that the vast majority of the Left can’t be funny. If you go back to maybe the ’90s, and you’d have. Teddy Nappen 36:54 You laugh at them all the time, though, Teddy. Teddy Nappen 36:56 Yeah, we laugh at them. They try to be funny, and they try to joke on us. But they just come off as boring because comedy was always about pushing the envelope. The all-time favorite movies of comedy, like Blazing Saddles, or even like George Carlin’s bit, “Seven Things You Can’t Say on Television”. George Carlin. Evan Nappen 37:17 George Carlin. I saw him live twice. Yeah. Teddy Nappen 37:20 And you have, you know, Nick DePaolo, Norm Macdonald, people who would their whole idea was to push the envelope. Funniest man alive, Richard Pryor. These are all the ideas, and then comes to the Marxist Left. This is, you know, we’ve got to give it to The Trace, who decided to give them free Page – 11 – of 15 advertising. They decided to make a musical pushing to repeal the Second Amendment. (https://www.thetrace.org/2026/08/good-guy-with-a-gun-musical-interview/) Evan Nappen 37:48 Oh my God! A gun oppression musical. Teddy Nappen 37:53 A musical called “Good Guy with a Gun”. That is their comparison. Evan Nappen 37:57 That’s about as wokey as you can get. A musical doing this. Teddy Nappen 38:02 It’s gay. It’s really gay. Evan Nappen 38:05 Oh my G-d! Teddy Nappen 38:07 And going through this. By the way, you can go on Spotify. You go wherever they have the song list. You can listen to it if you want to. Evan Nappen 38:16 Oh, that’s it. I want to listen to anti-Second Amendment songs. Teddy Nappen 38:20 Yeah. Songs, yes. Evan Nappen 38:23 What are they trying to do this like the other play? What was it that going after or mocking Mormons? Teddy Nappen 38:30 Yeah, the Book of Mormon. It was. Evan Nappen 38:31 There you go. Right. This is the Left’s one of their tools of pushing their agenda is doing. Yeah, I know, real, Teddy Nappen 38:40 Real, real stunning and brave to mock Mormons and going after the Second Amendment. Now, do one on Sharia law and see how that goes. Evan Nappen 38:51 Oh yeah, right. Yeah, that’ll go over big. Sure. Yeah, that’ll be the yeah. Page – 12 – of 15 Teddy Nappen 38:57 Or what is the Chinese play where it’s China before communism, where Chinese have actually sent agents to attack their bus, and do stuff like that. But here. Evan Nappen 39:10 That’s really edgy. Teddy Nappen 39:12 Yeah, no kidding. Evan Nappen 39:13 You know, not this stuff. That’s just you know agenda driven with just another potential way of somehow getting their effed up message implanted. Teddy Nappen 39:27 Yeah. So, they got a bunch of F tier celebrities who wanted to show their virtue signal. They took a pay cut, so they would do this play out of Los Angeles, of course. It is a theatrical concept, billing it as the Book of Mormon for the NRA. The action satire swells on the day the Second Amendment is wiped away, and the numbers reminiscent to Les Misérables begins with the right winger singing, “The day that we’ve always feared the liberals have come to take our guns away. Then comes a brief monolog from a Cockney woman spiles into mania. They came in the night. They took the little ones, the Glocks, the small handguns you keep under your pillow. It was invasion of basement of ant and basement and antics violated antiques violated. Evan Nappen 40:15 Well, they think it’s really hilarious that they’re going to come for the little ones, the handguns”, and then build up from that. That’s so funny, Teddy. It’s just so funny the way they crush our rights. Teddy Nappen 40:29 Well, you have this. It’s the screeching Left who still believe in going after the little ones. Just look at Lindsey Clancy. But anyways. The whole and going I love how they like say this famous actor from “This Is Us” and this other lady from “Orange is the New Black” and the way there and George voice the voice of God was George on Seinfeld. Okay, cool. The whole plot is the character gets a magic gun that turns people conservative. His daughter gets a magic megaphone that turns people liberal, and the antics ensue. In the end, they go into the whole article about the whole point is to dispel the myth of the good guy with the gun. Evan Nappen 41:11 Oh, the myth of the good guy with the gun. Like all these folks that have made a difference in stopping crime, criminals, terrorism that are average citizens, that no longer want to be victims but have chosen to be defenders. And not just defenders of themselves, but defenders of others. As a matter of fact, Teddy, this goofy crap by them on the play, but weren’t you telling me about that very fact? About the difference being made by people that try to stop, for example, mass shootings? What were you telling Page – 13 – of 15 me about that? Let’s talk about good guy with a gun. What have we learned about good guys with a gun? Teddy Nappen 42:02 So, the CDC again have added the data showing that it’s two. Evan Nappen 42:06 And this is their data from the CDC? Teddy Nappen 42:08 Up to 2 million self-defense uses of a firearm. Self-defense uses. That doesn’t even mean pull the trigger. Defensive uses of a firearm. Evan Nappen 42:18 Right. Just the mere presence of a firearm. Teddy Nappen 42:19 So, if it saves one life . . . how about 2 million? Two million lives saved! That is from the CDC’s website. Also the fact that they are now including the FBI reports showing mass shootings. Now they’re showing civilian intervention and stopping the bad guy. Evan Nappen 42:35 You mean, good guys with a gun, or good guys no longer wanting or agreeing to be victims, and good guys making a difference, right? Teddy Nappen 42:47 Yeah. This is something to where they are. This is a logical fallacy right here. It’s called false premise. They’re starting with a false premise, believing that there’s never any good guy with a gun. Even though we can clearly debunk that immediately just by that argument. But going into this whole insanity of the play, I want to remind you all. This is what they’re about. This is what they try to do through propaganda, and yeah, it’s in the gayest way possible. And I’ll take the citizen vigilante that’ll probably sell out more than this play out of. Evan Nappen 43:21 Well, that’s the crazy thing because movies and other things that were not necessarily designed to be propaganda, but that have the message of individuals who fight back. I mean, you can look at “Red Dawn”, which is still considered a classic today, and what was that? Individuals fighting back. You can look at virtually the entire genre of westerns is the individual who fights back. I mean, that’s what we’re really about. Teddy Nappen 43:55 The funniest scene I ever saw for this as a pro gun argument was in the movie “Death Proof”. It’s rated as one of the worst for Quentin Tarantino. I happen to like it. Page – 14 – of 15 Evan Nappen 44:07 I enjoyed Death Proof. I like the music, too. Teddy Nappen 44:07 Oh yeah, it was good there. Just seeing Kurt Russell play a weird twisted serial. Evan Nappen 44:16 Oh my G-d, yeah, did he ever. Teddy Nappen 44:17 There’s one scene where it’s the four girls are sitting on the table. They’re having a discussion. That’s what Quinn Tarantino always does: is having table conversations. The one girl says, “You still carry a gun? Why do you do that? And it’s like, “Why not?” And goes into that whole argument of where, like, “Why you don’t you know you can risk that? You know what I want? I want to carry my gun. I want to go where I’m able to go. I want to be able to defend myself, and she makes and hits home every argument. Where then they say, “What about pepper spray? I don’t want to give them a rash. I want to put them down. Like that’s the whole. Like they’re trying to be satirical. They’re going to be showing it. Evan Nappen 44:55 Big spoiler is that’s what she uses. Yeah, saves the. Teddy Nappen 45:00 hoots it. Shoots at Kurt Russell to get him to go away to save the girls. So, it’s one of those demonstrations. But even I’ll even give it another way, just satirical. Always Sonny did the exact thing where you have two both sides, ones for pro, ones against, and the anti side is like it’s so easy to get a gun. Both of them get denied their background checks immediately. Then they try, and then immediately try to go to a gun show, and they’re trying to do under the table. And the gun dealer’s like, “No, I’m not going to do that. And finally, they try to do a deal to buy it from an illegal alley, and that falls through, and to the point where they’re arguing. They see like, wow, it really is hard to get a gun. Then we realize, and it’s satirical because they show it in a way. This one here in the whole article, they’re trying to like joke on the liberals by she shops at Trader Joe’s. If you’re using a bazooka on one side and a squirt on the other, it’s you’re not both sizing it very easily. Evan Nappen 46:00 Right. Well, that’s not their goal, but that is really interesting. But I don’t think that play will be coming to a playhouse nearby anytime soon. And if it is, it’ll be a financial failure. Teddy Nappen 46:12 Remember, this is the Left’s game, though. Do you remember when they did Julius Caesar? They dressed him as Donald Trump. This was in 2017. In the play where he’s killed. In the play where he’s violently stabbed to death. Evan Nappen 46:15 No, gee, what were they trying to say there? I wonder. Page – 15 – of 15 Teddy Nappen 46:31 Yeah, exactly. And then you have the New Yorker here trying to say, it’s hardly bears the point that art is not life. I love how they play that game every time. Oh, really? Okay. Now cast Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Gosling as Black Panther for in Wakanda. Then tell me it’s not that. No big deal. I love how they always bring that up when it comes to oh art takes that. Cut to the musical of assassins that they had to cancel after the first attempted assassination. Evan Nappen 47:06 Yeah. Teddy Nappen 47:06 Where it’s a musical about Evan Nappen 47:08 Yeah. This is part of their M.O., and it’s disgusting. Well, Teddy, thanks for bringing that to our attention, so we know what play we’re going to never get a playbill for or see. Now, I’ve got to tell you about this week’s GOFU. You know the GOFU is Gun Owner Fuck Up. It’s where gun owners make mistakes that can cost them their freedom, their firearm rights. It cost them a lot of money, and you get to learn for free, so you don’t become a GOFU. And this week’s GOFU is really basic. Some of you listening may say, “Really, seriously?” I’m telling you, why am I talking about this? Because my friends, I get the phone calls. I get the phone calls from the GOFUers. I get those calls. Evan Nappen 48:01 This week’s GOFU is real simple. Practice your draw. Know your firearm. Okay, simple. Practice drawing and firing if you’re carrying. Practice reholstering. Practice it with an empty firearm. Make sure you are proficient in how to handle your specific firearm and know your gun. Know how it operates. You know, some guns have manual safeties. Some guns do not. Know your gun. Know how to use it. Practice and train. Not just on shooting. Not just on hitting the target. But practice on understanding the function of your gun – the loading, the unloading, how to absolutely know it’s empty. How to work your gun and how to draw your gun. How to holster and unholster your gun. Make sure you’ve practiced that with a safe, empty firearm. That you’ve had the right training. That you’re doing it properly, and that you are proficient in that. Because if you’re not and you have a problem, if you have an A.D., if you have some issue, you’ll become the next GOFU, and I don’t want to see that. Evan Nappen 49:35 This is Evan Nappen and Teddy Nappen reminding you that gun laws do not protect honest citizens from criminals. They protect criminals from honest citizens. Speaker 2 49:48 Gun Lawyer is a CounterThink Media production. The music used in this broadcast was managed by Cosmo Music, New York, New York. Reach us by emailing Evan@gun.lawyer. The information and opinions in this broadcast do not constitute legal advice. Consult a licensed attorney in your state. Downloadable PDF TranscriptGun Lawyer S5 E306_transcript About The HostEvan Nappen, Esq.Known as “America's Gun Lawyer,” Evan Nappen is above all a tireless defender of justice. Author of eight bestselling books and countless articles on firearms, knives, and weapons history and the law, a certified Firearms Instructor, and avid weapons collector and historian with a vast collection that spans almost five decades — it's no wonder he's become the trusted, go-to expert for local, industry and national media outlets. 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This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about TV westerns, stuntmen turned handymen, the scourge of hippies invading the movie industry, and Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. Plus we make a mixtape inspired by the film with songs by Primal Scream, James Taylor, Buffalo Springfield, and more. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En esta ocasión, hablamos sobre el retiro de Messi y por qué se siente como el golpe deportivo más duro para nuestra generación. Además, analizamos el video de los jueves de fráter que se hizo viral en Bolivia y debatimos sobre la supuesta foto de Maduro generada con IA que despertó dudas en redes sociales.GRACIAS A:Descarga SAILY el mejor eSIM en AppStore y usa el código EDN al finalizar la compra para obtener un 15 % de descuento exclusivo en tu primera compra. Más info en https://saily.com/ednSíguenos en nuestras redes sociales:ESCUELA DE NADAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/escueladenada/Twitter: https://twitter.com/escueladenadaTik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@escueladenadaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escueladenada0:00 Intro4:27 El bolígrafo con el que Messi anunció su retiro8:56 ¿Messi escribe sus propios posts virales?10:19 ¿Estamos listos para ver morir a nuestros ídolos?12:21 Bruce Willis, Jet Li y Jackie Chan: cómo envejecen nuestros ídolos de acción16:35 ¿Por qué no hay quien reemplace a las leyendas del deporte?18:09 La carrera secreta entre Messi y Cristiano por llegar a los 1000 goles20:02 ¿Qué artista tendría que retirarse para que se sienta como el retiro de Messi?21:41 Tarantino, Ridley Scott y la nueva moda de las películas de perros22:23 La página web que te avisa si el perro muere en la película23:05 ¿Qué va a hacer Messi después de retirarse del fútbol?24:32 Lo raro de retirarse de la selección pero seguir jugando en el Inter Miami29:02 El golpe económico que dejaría el retiro total de Messi30:47 El escándalo financiero de Tini con su papá37:18 Los jueves de fráter: el video viral que escandalizó a Bolivia43:56 ¿El parrillero que grabó el video puede terminar preso?46:42 Anatomía de un putañero54:16 El documental sobre el estudiante de criminología que asesinó a cuatro universitarios54:49 La película que dicen que no debes ver en pareja56:19 Los canales de YouTube venezolanos que están rescatando el contenido de calidad57:41 El polémico acuerdo petrolero entre Trump y Delcy Rodríguez1:01:05 La supuesta foto de Maduro con IA que generó dudas1:02:54 Las curiosas reglas de la cárcel y el nuevo reloj de Maduro1:03:44 El verdadero interés de Estados Unidos detrás del acuerdo con Venezuela1:06:30 Lo que sentimos el día que capturaron a Maduro1:11:34 La falta de claridad política que tiene angustiados a los venezolanos1:14:27 El sueño de Daniel García de montar un festival de música en Caracas1:15:48 Outro

Bill Maher sits down with longtime NBC News anchor Brian Williams (AKA the James Bond of nightly news) to talk about what happened to network news—and what America lost along the way. Williams explains how newscasts became consumed with East Coast weather and “water-skiing squirrel” filler, and why he believes Democrats lost touch with working-class voters. Away from the anchor desk, Williams shares the double life few viewers knew about: nearly five decades as a volunteer firefighter in New Jersey, near-broke beginnings in Kansas, and why he has avoided alcohol after losing his brother to alcoholism. He recalls meeting his wife in a television control room, tearing up at his daughter Allison Williams's first Letterman appearance, watching his son build his own career in local news, and returning with Netflix's We're Back! With Brian Williams. Call him 007 – licensed to anchor, fight fires, and make his mother proud. Subscribe to the Club Random YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/clubrandompodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Watch episodes ad-free – subscribe to Bill Maher's Substack: https://billmaher.substack.com Subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you listen: ⁠https://bit.ly/ClubRandom Support Our Sponsors: New customers can save 35% on your first month of subscription by going to https://www.dosedaily.co/RANDOM or entering RANDOM at checkout. Visit https://www.hims.com/clubrandom to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. For a limited time only head to https://www.ridge.com and use code RANDOM at checkout for 10% off your order AND a chance to win Ridge's biggest sweepstakes ever—a Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato, a Hennessey Velociraptor, A Ford Bronco or $100,000 in cash. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/random #rulapod For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off for life plus Free Shipping AND 3 Free Gifts at http://mengotomars.com/ Buy Club Random Merch: https://clubrandom.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics. It's Maher in his familiar element: one-on-one vibes, unfiltered laughs, and the kind of freewheeling banter only he can deliver. ABOUT BILL MAHER Bill Maher was the host of “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central, ABC) from 1993-2002, and for the last 23 years on HBO's “Real Time,” Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 41 Emmy nominations. Maher won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series, “VICE.” In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, “Religulous.” Maher has written six bestsellers: “True Story,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits,” “When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden,” “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass", and most recently "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You". FOLLOW CLUB RANDOM https://www.clubrandom.com https://www.facebook.com/Club-Random-101776489118185 https://twitter.com/clubrandom_ https://www.instagram.com/clubrandompodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@clubrandompodcast FOLLOW BILL MAHER https://www.billmaher.com https://twitter.com/billmaher https://www.instagram.com/billmaher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adam and Josh return with guest Rico Gagliano (MUBI Podcast) for Part 2 of their Top 5 Needle Drops. This episode brought to you by Anderson, Linklater, Fincher, and Scorsese. Notes: -The Sigur Rós song “Starálfur” means "staring elf," not "little elf." Josh harmar mistökin. Feedback: -Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠-⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Use code “summer” for 20% off a Filmspotting Family membership (thru 8.31) http://filmspottingfamily.com -Filmspotting Shop for T-shirts and more.⁠ ⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow: -Watch Filmspotting on YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/filmspotting⁠ -Adam/Filmspotting: ⁠Letterboxd⁠ |⁠ Instagram⁠ |⁠ Facebook⁠ | ⁠Bluesky⁠ -Josh/LarsenOnFilm: ⁠Letterboxd⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ |⁠ Facebook⁠ | ⁠BlueskySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.